Hi Basil, Maybe these links to the Ubuntu Forum will help you with a method for offline package installation
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2234724 http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2234850&p=13076109#post13076109 So basically, *Carry the program packages* - go to a computer with fast and cheap internet connection and download the packages you want, - carry them to your own computer and - copy them into the correct place - install the package you want with the option --no-download Best regards Nio 2014-07-23 08:51, Basil Fernie skrev: > OK, now to reveal the depths of my ignorance... > > I am at last ready to update my own Lenovo's Lubuntu 12.04 LTS as > numerously updated (now at .67 or .68, I think) to 14.04 with the > initial deal-inhibitors sorted. I have a bootable DVD with the 14.04 iso > which performs adequately in live test mode and want to do the > update/upgrade from the DVD, being in the unhappy position of having to > pay for every byte that is downloaded. (And I don't have a hardwired > internet connection). > ... -- Lubuntu-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users
